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威 — 9 strokes / Radical「子」

道
4Junior high level / 9 strokes / Radical「子」
On
イい · i
Kun
おど.す・おど.し・おど.かすodo.su · odo.shi · odo.kasu
Meaning
dignity; authority; threaten

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

戈 "halberd" with 女: holding people in check with a weapon — authority, to threaten.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onイいi威力いりょく威圧いあつ示威じい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 威力いりょく

    power; might

  • 権威けんい

    authority

More words with this kanji

  • 脅威きょうい
  • 威嚇いかく
  • 威嚇射撃いかくしゃげき
  • 威圧いあつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

台風(たいふう)の威力(いりょく)はすさまじかった。

The power of the typhoon was tremendous.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

威力権威威力power権right子child孔hole孕to con…存to exi…妄delusi…依rely…為do偉great違differ維tie
CompoundRadicalReading

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